Business Insider revealed Meta's controversial practice of maintaining secret 'block lists' of employees deemed ineligible for rehire. This tactic, described as cruel, has shocked experts like Laszlo Bock, former Google HR chief. Beyond Meta, many workers from diverse sectors have reported similar experiences, where they were ghosted by recruiters after having previously left companies, often without knowing they were on such lists. The issue raises serious concerns about transparency and fairness in corporate hiring practices, as employees may be unknowingly blacklisted.
"A special kind of cruelty" is how one ex-Meta employee described it. Earlier this month, BI's Pranav Dixit revealed that Meta maintains secret "block" lists of employees who are ineligible for being rehired.
Laszlo Bock, a former Google HR chief, was shocked by BI's report: "I've never heard of anything like this... but never seen a large scale, systematic approach like this."
Since BI's initial report, employees from across corporate America have shared similar experiences of applying for roles at former employers, only to be mysteriously ghosted by recruiters or quietly marked as "ineligible for rehire."
A former employee of a major chip company said they were "banned for life" from working there despite a promotion and a raise right before they were laid off: "Why? No one seems to know."
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